How & Why to Provide Helpful Feedback on Assignments & Exercises
Last updated: December 14th, 2023
There are a number of great reasons why you should consider providing feedback as well when you complete your exercises and assignments
- You help the community
- You take on a deeper level of learning by teaching and advising
- You get to see different ways that assignments were completed and learn new approaches
Lesson goals
In this lesson, we’ll cover:
- How to provide feedback using the grading checklists
- A great format to continue the discussion
How to provide feedback
Once you complete an assignment (or if you’re in the mood to peruse), head over to #the-feedback-loop and look for a submission matching the one you’ve completed
Take a look at the code in the PR and cross reference it with the Grading Checklist to see if they’ve done everything you’ve also completed in this assignment.
This could also double as a way for you to get unstuck if you’re stuck on an assignment or exercise.
If they’ve missed something, kindly notify them that a part of the grading checklist is missing.
If all looks good, let them know you took a look and all seems to be square!
A great format to continue the discussion
To continue the discussion, here’s a format I like as well:
- 2 things they’ve done well
- 2 things you’re curious about (why they chose to do it that way & how you might have done it differently)
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If you have any questions or suggestions to improve this lesson, leave a comment below.
As always,
To Mastery.